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• Widening Participation programme puts aspiring law students in the dock

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2017/february/widening-participation-programme-puts-aspiring-law-students-in-the-dock

  Aspiring law students from non-privileged backgrounds were given the opportunity to view the inner workings of the legal system last week, thanks to a programme run by the University of Leicester and the Sutton Trust.

• Treatment for frail heart patients improves survival rates

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2024/december/revascularisation

  A new study, led by the University of Leicester, shows that heart patients treated with revascularisation have better survival rates, even with a high risk of frailty.

• The Zuckerberg Files

  https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2019/01/04/the-zuckerberg-files/

  Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on January 4, 2019 Not new but recently upgraded, time to revisit The Zuckerberg Files  maintained by UW-Milwaukee Center for Information Policy Research .

• Bloomberg: Economic surprises

  https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2013/10/28/bloomberg-economic-surprises/

  Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on October 28, 2013 The September U.S. non-farm payrolls report released on Oct. 22 surprised economists with only 148,000 jobs created, versus the consensus forecast of 180,000.

• Bloomberg: Environmental, Social and Corporate Governance/Corporate Social Reponsibility

  https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2013/06/17/bloomberg-environmental-social-and-corporate-governancecorporate-social-reponsibility/

  Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on June 17, 2013 ESG (or CSR) has been topical over the last five years.

• Street protests and their repression

  https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2013/10/23/street-protests-and-their-repression/

  Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on October 23, 2013 International Network of Civil Liberties Organizations released a report: Take back the streets about the repression of street protests worldwide. Countries covered include: U.S., U.K.

• Professor Sir Hans Kornberg

  https://le.ac.uk/about/history/obituaries/2019/hans-kornberg

  Hans Kornberg with colleagues in 1974. L-R: Geoff Turnock, Arthur Rowe, unknown, David Critchley, Hans Kornberg, Ron Cooper, unknown, Colin Jones, Peter Henderson(possibly), Ken Jones (photo: Chris Willmott) The Biochemistry Department in 1974.

• Paul Brook

  https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/business/author/pb222/

  Paul Brook is a senior lecturer in sociology of work and employment in the School of Management and an editor of Work, Employment and Society. He researches and publishes on emotional labour, medical labour, labour process theory and service work.

• Childrens maths difficulties research wins top award

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2015/may/childrens-maths-difficulties-research-wins-top-award

  Leicester researchers who investigated why children who are born prematurely struggle with maths have scooped a top national award for excellence in research.

• Conference explores regional languages of France

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2015/september/conference-explores-regional-languages-of-france

  An upcoming conference at the University of Leicester will gather experts in the field of French language policies and planning with a particular focus on regional languages.